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Philippe Starck of the Alessi Citrus Juicer fame recently said he was going to leave the design world because he felt like the products he made were useless and wasteful. He was right in a way, his designs though beautiful, weren’t always the most functional.
It seems he’s figured out a much more constructive solution, […]
Thanks jcbonbon
In many ways, you would think so. Locally grown food is supposed to be better for you, better tasting and use up far less “food miles” to get to your table. The Locavore movement has gained traction with more than just the environmental crowd, because of the range of products available, the appeal to […]
If you’ve been noticing a slew of alternative based fuel posts lately on Swye, you’ve noticed our excitement over the possibilities of weening the US, and effectively the rest of the world, off fossil fuels forever! One of the problems with some of these processes is the processing the “crude” oil requires before it can […]
Green funerals are catching on in a big way as an alternative to the chemical-laden processes way we’ve been presented with for decades. Many companies have offered natural pine caskets and even ones made of cardboard, but the SpiriTree is an all natural, carbon negative way to honor your loved ones with “a living, growing […]
Currently there are several companies pioneering algae-based diesel technology, Sapphire Energy, PetroSun, and Solena to name a few. Now that Solazyme’s algae-based diesel, Soladiesel has passed tests for the US standards and proven it will run in our vehicles without damage, the race is on to bring it to the public. In order to be […]
No one can deny the benefits of composting, but most people can’t stomach the thought of it nor do they want an ugly green or brown smelly plastic bin laying around in the space they already don’t have.
Daily Dump makes decorative clay composting pots that either come painted with one of their designs or […]
Thanks MontanaRaven
Having a green, well manicured lawn is an American pride, right up there with our flag and our pickup trucks. Truth is though, to keep them looking good they need an incredible amount of water and require phosphate heavy fertilizers that leak into our ground water and create algae blooms and dead spots in […]
We’ve been proudly covering algae based diesel for a while on SWYE, but diesel has it’s limitations, mainly being a majority of the consumer vehicles in the US don’t run on it. By far the most promising source of fuel (forget ethanol, an inferior and wasteful alternative), algae based gasoline has been the holy grail […]
It’s pretty much common knowledge that plastic bags take 1000 years to decompose, if they do at all, but that fact just wasn’t good enough for 16 year-old Daniel Burd. He’s found a way to make plastic bags decompose in about three months by his estimation.
Using a combination of microbes, a consistent temperature and […]
via Flickr. Thanks, Jacobcoll
A study by scientists at Patiala University, Punjab State, tracked a group of farmers for several months and discovered their DNA had been altered and made them more susceptible to cancer. After ruling out other lifestyle factors such as age, smoking and drinking, the scientists concluded the culprit was pesticide sprays.
This […]
